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Family legacy continues at Yeshiva, times five: A story of Modern Orthodoxy in America
Two columns of Yeshiva University graduates — one of young women, in blow-outs and stilettos; and one of young men, the knots of their skinny ties peeking out above their robes — filed into Prudential Center, home arena of the New Jersey Devils, on May 17. They whooped and hooted, smiled in mock surprise, waved to their parents in the stands, pumped fists, blew kisses.
President Bernie Sanders
Just because he looks like Larry David’s angry uncle, and just because he is the only Democratic socialist in the United States Senate, and just because he represents a heavily forested state best known for a breakfast condiment, doesn’t mean you should dismiss Bernie Sanders.
U.S. defense aid to Israel to rise over Iran deal fears
U.S. defense aid to Israel is likely to increase after 2017, sources on both sides said on Thursday, seeing a possible link to Washington\’s efforts to assuage its ally\’s fears over nuclear diplomacy with Iran.
Crowds gather for anti-Islam demonstration outside Phoenix mosque
More than 200 protesters, some armed, berated Islam and its Prophet Mohammed outside an Arizona mosque on Friday in a provocative protest that was denounced by counterprotesters shouting \”Go home, Nazis,\” weeks after an anti-Muslim event in Texas came under attack by two gunmen.
Hezbollah agent believed to be planning attack on Israelis arrested in Cyprus
Cypriot police suspect a man arrested on Wednesday was planning an attack on Israeli interests on the island after they found almost two tonnes of ammonium nitrate in his basement, newspapers reported on Friday.
Alleged Nazi war criminal who moved to Canada dies at 93
Vladimir Katriuk, a native Ukrainian who avoided deportation from Canada for 64 years after hiding his Nazi past to move there, died peacefully in Quebec.
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